ہم جی رہے ہیں کوئی بہانہ کیے بغیر — جون ایلیا

Hum jee rahe hain koi bahana kiye baghair

Hum jee rahe hain koi bahana kiye baghair
Us ke baghair us ki tamanna kiye baghair
Anbaar us ka parda-e-hurmat bana miyaan
Deewar tak nahin giri parda kiye baghair
Yārāñ woh jo hai mera maseehā-e-jaan-o-dil
Be-had azeez hai mujhe achcha kiye baghair
Main bistar-e-khayāl pe leTa hoon us ke paas
Subah-e-azal se koi taqāza kiye baghair
Us ka hai jo bhi kuch hai mera aur main magar
Woh mujh ko chahiye koi sauda kiye baghair
Yeh zindagi jo hai use ma'ani bhi chahiye
Wa'da humein qabool hai eefā kiye baghair
Ae qātiloñ ke shehr bas itni hi arz hai
Main hoon na qatl koi tamāsha kiye baghair
Murshid ke jhoot ki toh saza be-hisāb hai
Tum chhoRiyo na shehr ko sehra kiye baghair
In aanganoñ mein kitna sukoon o suroor tha
Ārāish-e-nazar teri parwa kiye baghair
Yārāñ khushā yeh roz-o-shab dil ke ab humein
Sab kuch hai khush-gawār gawārā kiye baghair
Giriya-kunān ki fard mein apna nahin hai naam
Hum girya-kun azal ke hi hain girya kiye baghair
Aakhir hain kaun log jo bakhshe hi jaayenge
Tareekh ke harām se tauba kiye baghair
Woh Sunni bachcha kaun tha jis ki jafa ne Jaun
Shi'a bana diya humein Shi'a kiye baghair
Ab tum kabhi na aao ge ya'ni kabhi kabhi
Rukhsat karo mujhe koi wa'da kiye baghair